Begin The Beguine

Intro:   C   /   C6   /   Cmaj7   /   C6   repeat

C                 C6           Cmaj7      C6
When they Begin The Beguine
C                         C6                  G
It brings back the sound of music so tender
Dm
It brings back a night or tropical splendour
G7                                   C (intro)
It brings back a memory evergreen

      C                       C6              Cmaj7
I'm with you once more under the stars
      C                     C6                    G
And down by the shore an orchestra's playing
      Dm                                 Fm
And even the palms seem to be swaying
G7                               C (intro)
When they Begin The Beguine

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To live it again is past all endeavour
   Bbm                    Eb               Ab
Except when that tune touches my heart
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And darling there we are, swearing to love forever
                     G     Ab          G7
And promising never, never to part

        C                     C6
What moments divine
                     Cmaj7    C6
What rapture serene
       C                                 C7
Two clouds came along to disperse
                      G
the joys we had tasted
       Dm
And now when I hear people curse

the chance that was wasted
G7                                      C (intro)
I know but too well what they mean

           C                              C6
So don't let them Begin The Beguine
          C                            Fm               G
Let the love that was once a fire remain an ember
       Dm                                             Em
Let it sleep like the dead desire I only remember
Dm                  G         C (intro)
When they Begin The Beguine

        C                              C6
Oh no, let them Begin The Beguine
               Cmaj7   C6
Make them play
            C                               Fm
Until the stars that were there before
          G
return above you
             Dm
Until you whisper to me once more
              Em
"Darling I love you"
           Dm
And we suddenly know
       Fm
What heaven we're in
G7                                C (intro)
When they Begin The Beguine

REPEAT LAST VERSE

           Dm
And we suddenly know
        Fm
What heaven we're in
G7                                C (intro)
When they Begin The Beguine

End: C

written by Cole Porter